Joe, You have created a great collection of teaching videos! Sometime in the future, I hope you will dedicate a video to connect the "journey" of preparing boxes and setting up through the acquiring of bees and propagation. The dialog you give during the presentation is a very valuable part. Not many others go into the fine skills, like handling the queen cell carefully and why they need to be kept in a verticle position when taken after the cell is capped. This kind of information is "pure gold" and is not radially available. Most of us make mistakes and have to learn these things the "hard way." I wish you well. Much gratitude. LP
Your expertise is amazing, and really good to see. Thank you so much for the videos, an amazing learning tool. Your touch seems golden, and sometimes mine do not turn out as well as yours. Try as I might. Course I am older than you, and when younger I had better dexterity.
Thanks for sharing, I found the boxes and they call them Plano Hydro-Flo StowAway 3600. I have a suggestion for a new video for an expert like you, with all the respect! What to do with a hot bee hive.
Hei Joe, thanks for the great video!!! In the first method that you show with the wooden queen bank that is kept in a queenless hive, do you need to put a drop of honey in each department or the bees will feed the newly hatched vergin queens?
I'm surprised there was not a layer of Hardware cloth in there somewhere Joe to keep those hatching out girls in their boxes after you open the lid LOL.
Is it also true that if you cage the queen, they will make queen cells? I don't want to use the few resources that I have to make a new queen. But i am need of one but I have a beautiful newly made queen that I want another daughter from.
Just wanted to take a moment to thank you for sharing your knowledge about bee keeping I appreciate ya
Thanks for taking the time and sharing your talent.
Wow! Nice set up. Thanks for another great video!
Joe,
You have created a great collection of teaching videos! Sometime in the future, I hope you will dedicate a video to connect the "journey" of preparing boxes and setting up through the acquiring of bees and propagation. The dialog you give during the presentation is a very valuable part. Not many others go into the fine skills, like handling the queen cell carefully and why they need to be kept in a verticle position when taken after the cell is capped. This kind of information is "pure gold" and is not radially available. Most of us make mistakes and have to learn these things the "hard way." I wish you well.
Much gratitude. LP
thank you joe!
Your expertise is amazing, and really good to see. Thank you so much for the videos, an amazing learning tool. Your touch seems golden, and sometimes mine do not turn out as well as yours. Try as I might. Course I am older than you, and when younger I had better dexterity.
Thanks for sharing, I found the boxes and they call them Plano Hydro-Flo StowAway 3600. I have a suggestion for a new video for an expert like you, with all the respect! What to do with a hot bee hive.
Good Video Joe!!
well done sir
Nice rig Joe!
Your sure make it look easy.....another great video
Hei Joe, thanks for the great video!!!
In the first method that you show with the wooden queen bank that is kept in a queenless hive, do you need to put a drop of honey in each department or the bees will feed the newly hatched vergin queens?
They will usually feed them
Can you do this without a fancy incubator?
you can buy a chicken incubator for about 15 dollars.
Joe great video! What brand of incubator do you have and where can I buy one?
reptipro 5000 from ebay
Thanks
Great video, when the queens hatch how do you get a queen out without the others flying or walking out also. Thanks
They won't fly this young, If I go 15 or more hatch in one box, I usually get the granddaughter come in and help me keep an eye on them..
Thanks a lot, like your video. Keep up the good work...
Do you put the feed honey in the JZBZ cup right before they hatch? It seems if you did it too early it would dry out.
I have used the same cups for a couple of weeks it dose not dry out.
I'm surprised there was not a layer of Hardware cloth in there somewhere Joe to keep those hatching out girls in their boxes after you open the lid LOL.
I put them in a hive or the queen bank.
Is it also true that if you cage the queen, they will make queen cells? I don't want to use the few resources that I have to make a new queen. But i am need of one but I have a beautiful newly made queen that I want another daughter from.
They will about 50% of the time
Little Bits Honey Bees joe may Thank you so much for responding. I love your videos. The instructions are so easy to follow.
Where can I find the plastic container where you store the cells
They are Plaino 3600 Hydra Flow 24 compartments.
maybe next year ill graft. still cant find a reptipro 6000
I looked online. Everyone seems to be out of stock. If I find a place that has one I'll post here.
Found some on eBay for $139.
go to reptipro site and compair them not the same i almost fell for it last year.
Plano Hydro-Flo StowAway Utility Boxes 3600
How well do queen work with the hive after incubators? Have have any complaints?
after a cell is capped all that is needed is to keep them warm doe not matter if they are in a hive or incubator as long as they are keep 93 degrees.
Can't tell any difference in one hatched in incubator or hive.
another video idea that I haven't seen anyone cover is shipping queens thanks!
I well try to make one. Thanks